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Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$)
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:45:01 -0400 (EDT), hs@inferno.nirvananet (Hartmann
Schaffer) wrote:
> In article <mu8gpsgvvdnr2ja3581ousvm2ik98rsfq4@4ax.com>,
> Jason Trenouth <jason@harlequin.co.uk> writes:
> > On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:46:28 +0100, Rob Myers <robm@h2g2.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Gwydion Dylan contains a simple Lisp-to-dylan converter. I haven't had
> >> any luck with non-trivial programs using it, though.
> >>
> >> Out of interest, what does Dylan offer that Lisp doesn't that makes a
> >> lisp-syntax version of Dylan desirable?
> >
> > Well, it was more a case of copying libraries, frameworks, and tools from Lisp
> > into Dylan so that Dylan programmers could have native access to the same kinds
> > of facilities as Lisp programmers.
>
> how many of the tools would be usable for dylan? i would suspect that
> quite a high percentage would work on lisp code, so even after porting
> the they would be useless for dylan programmers.
I wouldn't read too much into my use of the word "tool".
__Jason
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